In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to install PowerDNS which is from https://www.powerdns.com/ on nixOS Latest.
Before we start installing PowerDNS, we need to update the package list. We can do this by running the following command on our nixOS Latest terminal:
sudo nix-channel --update
Once the package list is updated, we can install PowerDNS by running the following command:
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.powerdns
This command will install the latest version of PowerDNS on our nixOS Latest.
After the installation is complete, we need to configure PowerDNS. We can do this by editing the configuration file /etc/powerdns/pdns.conf. Here is an example configuration file:
# The following are some common options that you may want to set.
# Please see the pdns.conf manual page for details on all the options.
# basic configuration options
setuid=pdns
setgid=pdns
allow-axfr-ips=127.0.0.0/8
local-address=127.0.0.1
local-port=53
log-dns-details=yes
# backend configuration
launch=gmysql
gmysql-host=localhost
gmysql-user=pdns
gmysql-password=your_password
gmysql-dbname=pdns
# other configuration options
webserver=yes
webserver-address=127.0.0.1
webserver-port=8181
experimental-json-interface=yes
You can modify this file as per your requirement. Once you are done with the configuration changes, save the file and restart the PowerDNS service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl restart pdns
To verify the PowerDNS installation, we need to run the following command:
pdns_control ping
If the installation is successful, it will return a message pong.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install PowerDNS on nixOS Latest, configure it, and verify the installation. Now you can use PowerDNS for your DNS needs.
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